Team Lead - Metals & Drives

Rockwell Automation is a global technology leader focused on helping the world’s manufacturers be more productive, sustainable, and agile. With more than 28,000 employees who make the world better every day, we know we have something special. Behind our customers - amazing companies that help feed the world, provide life-saving medicine on a global scale, and focus on clean water and green mobility - our people are energized problem solvers that take pride in how the work we do changes the world for the better.

We welcome all makers, forward thinkers, and problem solvers who are looking for a place to do their best work. And if that’s you we would love to have you join us!

Job Description

Job Purpose:

• Lead & drives functional excellence in engineering solution and provide knowledge base, services, and technical understanding for the “Metals & Drives Industries” applications as per the industry standards and its regulatory requirements.
• Manage all aspect of project life cycle from pre-sale proposal support, Engineering, and site support as per the scope.
• He/ She will be reporting to the Engineering Manager. 
• Must be able to work independent and handle technical tasks and activity on HW/SW/HMI as well as any 3rd party interfaces as applicable in the projects.
• This may include travel for short- or long-term work assignments within India or overseas for customer meetings, project training and site support.
• Organizes and schedules job tasks with her/his team.
• Provides leadership to the assigned team & Drive Productivity.
• Manage team in terms of people development and issue resolution.
• Manage Global stakeholder including the regional solution teams or Global Program Managers.

Key Responsibilities:

• Deliver & execute the assigned projects on time with good quality/cost effectiveness and customer satisfaction.
• Ability to take on challenging tasks and be a solution provider to internal & external stakeholders & industry team on solutions.
• Keep improving self-engineering capabilities and exchange best practice with other team members to improve team’s capabilities.
• Lead technical implementation in whole life cycle of project delivery.
• Collaborate & work with Technical Lead/SMEs to clarify technical issues and share workloads.
• Ability to present solution to the stakeholders and coordinate development tasks with team members.
• Work with PM for scope management, deliver execution plans & effectively monitor the execution with good quality, cost effectiveness, customer acceptance and customer satisfaction.
• Work closely with Global Program Managers and PM for WBS development.
• Develop robust quality process & ensure strict adherence.
• Work closely & guide the proposal team for timely support on estimation and proposal delivery.
• Ensure project implementation follows the procedure of S&S standard.
• Drive project cost reduction through continuous process improvement, by applying and maximizing reusable engineering standards in project delivery.
• Drive business growth & strengthen footprint of GEBS as technology CoE.
• Work for the optimization of procurement processes and identify process improvement opportunities.
• Support in AOP planning.
• Ensure that all audits (internal/external) are adequately documented, and significant risk are dealt in a timely manner.
• Engage with various stakeholders to identify opportunities for increased engagement, seek feedback on deliverables and to improve overall engagement.
• Ensures deliverables provided by the GEBS are delivered within exceptional good quality on time and on budget with high levels of Internal Customer Satisfaction.
• Manage utilization of all resources and ensure accurate capacity planning.
• Responsible to manage resources appropriately and to assign right skills to the work.

Job Related Competencies:

• Should have exposure on applications in Power & Control/Heavy Industries, Metals & Drives applications.
• High level of expertise in RA products such as Control Logix, Drives (AC & DC), FTView SE/ME.
• Good understanding of advanced solutions like Metals Standards etc.
• Good experience on Coordinated drive systems, Metals Process applications and functionalities.
• Experience with at least one third party PLC, HMI, SCADA systems each.
• Excellent customer focus.
• Ability to conduct research into systems issues and products as required.
• Proven record of successfully managing multiple & complex customer projects and a good understanding about Project Management.
• Major Commissioning Know-How experience and troubleshooting methods.
• Has very good interpersonal & networking skills.
• Is flexible/responsive to manage global needs & expectations about GEBS engineering deliveries.
• Has effective Communication skills.
• Recognized as a subject matter expert in Metals & Drives Industries Applications and lead the development of process improvements.
• Manages team performance to develop team capability and motivate the team. Create developmental plans for any identified gaps.
• Supports best practice sharing and knowledge transfer among teams to improve competency of whole team.
• Assesses and develops competency and capabilities among the team. Encourages multi-skilling within the team to ensure better utilization.

Desired temperament:

• Creates an optimal work environment by establishing and maintaining positive and respectful work relationships.
• Understand the importance of collaboration and aligning the organization to drive the necessary objectives.
• Demonstrate a sense of urgency and strong commitment to achieving goals and driving issues to resolution.
• Holds self and team accountable for keeping commitments, maintaining standards, and achieving goals.
• Strong problem solving and analytical skills.
• Leads with ethics and integrity; self-motivated and flexible while also seeking initiatives.
• Help create and influence a culture that Inspires individuals and teams to stretch beyond what they thought they could do.
• Able to get results from people/groups within Rockwell Automation not under their direct control.
• Addresses Conflict and other barriers to Collaboration effectively & constructively, adapting to cultural norms and expectations.
• Maintain transparency in communication with all stakeholders.
• Understand and manage complexity at various levels in the organization.

Educational Qualifications / Work Experience:

• BE/B Tech in Instrumentation & Control / Electrical / Electronics Engineering is required.  
• Overall, 10-16 years of experience with minimum 5 years on Rockwell Automation platforms.
• Requires strong interpersonal, organizational, and written/verbal communication & leadership skills.
• Should have experience in complete Project Life Cycle delivery.
• Should have managed Global stakeholders / regional offices and engage with RA Clients remotely or at site.